cler
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
cler (f)
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cler.
Adjective edit
cler
- shining, bright
- a. 1450, John Lydgate:
- Thy place is bygged above the sterres clere
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 1450, John Lydgate:
References edit
- “clẹ̄r, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cler, from Latin clārus.
Adjective edit
cler m (feminine singular clere, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleres)
- bright, well-lit, not dark
- clear (visible)
- 1550, Joachim du Bellay, L'Olive:
- L'obscur m'est cler, et la lumiere obscure.
- The dark is clear to me, the light is dark
Descendants edit
- French: clair
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- clar (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cler m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clere)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin clerus. Doublet of cliros.
Noun edit
cler n (plural cleruri)
Declension edit
Declension of cler
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cler | clerul | (niște) cleruri | clerurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) cler | clerului | (unor) cleruri | clerurilor |
vocative | clerule | clerurilor |
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
- clar (Sursilvan)
Etymology edit
From Latin clārus, clāra.
Adjective edit
cler m (feminine singular clera, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleras)